In three weeks, Microsoft is set to release the first public Beta release of Internet Explorer 9. Details have been kept quite close to their chest but a Russian source has leaked a 100% genuine screenshot of Redmond’s new Web Browser.
Internet Explorer 9 UI Confirmed
Am I Able to Guess Your Passwords?
Passwords are getting more and more a part of our daily life. With many services relying more and more on their users going online, you can get many passwords to keep in mind. Remembering them all can be a daunting task. And if your work make you change your passwords every other week, you’re in really big trouble.
Here in Norway we have become very Internet dependent in our every day tasks. We pay our bills online, we register our income tax report online, we make doctors appointments over the Internet, we are highly represented in Facebook and its equals . If we get unemployed, we have to register and fill in every personal information in secure websites. We even apply for loan, jobs etc via the net.
So the question is, how do you keep track of all the passwords? How creative are you ?
How easy (or hard) is it to guess your passwords ?
What is New In Google Chrome 6?
The Beta version of Google Chrome 6 was released on August 11, 2010. The browser has several versions as you can read in the post: Google Chrome – Software channel breakdown, since that post was written, Google even created a new version named Canary but that is a topic for another post.
Chrome uses the source code of an open source project named Chrominum. The project is in version 7 at the moment.
At the time this article was written Google Chrome stable version is 5.0.375.127.
Secure Your Home Wireless Network (and Why You Should) [How To]
Windows Forums member, walt1019, made the following suggestion in our suggestion box:
Tips on securing home wireless networks could be useful. So many are still using the default settings which are wide open while some just use WEP, MAC filtering or not broadcasting the SSID which offers little to no protection.
This guide will show you how to do the following:
- Access your router’s administration panel.
- Secure your wireless network.
- Secure your router.
- Disable SSID broadcasting.
- Connect to a non-broadcasting network.
Why do You Need to Secure Your Home Network?
With an unsecured network, I can get access to your router, PC, private documents, printer, peripheral devices, and can even monitor your instant messaging activity, emails, bank passwords etc. I can also use the internet you pay your hard earned cash for, without paying for it myself. It’s important to protect your home network and this guide will show you how. Read the rest of this entry »
Ultimate Media Center: Use External Players for Broader Media Center Playback
We already know from Deck’s great posts and RSVR85’s Media Center customization guide that Windows Media Center is a robust media hub with a great user interface. The ability to pull in internet TV, act as a DVR for broadcast TV, and serve as a library for music, pictures, and videos has made it my choice in my home entertainment center. However, it does have its shortcomings, one of which is its inability to play some types of video files without third-party software. I’m going to show you how to make this a non-issue by configuring Windows Media Center to utilize non-Windows Media Player programs to play these files.
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Hands Up! This is a RAID! An Explanation of the Pros and Cons of Using RAID on Your Computer
Update: More information on RAID can be found here.
And who wouldn’t put their hands up for RAID? The Redundant Array of Independent disks can improve your disk performance, or give you data integrity, or both.
Windows Media Center provides an excellent home for your digital entertainment — and like any excellent home you want to pack more and more into it. Take a look at your physical collections — photos, albums, CD’s, DVDs, video tapes, etc. If you are into home entertainment then you’ve probably collected plenty of good stuff. The same thing will happen to your digital collection. Before long you will outgrow a single drive, then two. Around the time you get your third drive and file searches need three separate operations you’ll start looking around for a better storage system.
Adding a RAID Controller card and an array of 3 or more hard drives will combine those separate drives (minus a bit of space for safe data storage) into a single virtual drive that is easier to manage and provides protection against a single disk failure. It may improve your disk performance, depending on how you configure it.